THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT, 1969 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title, extent and commencement. 
2.  Definitions and interpretation. 

CHAPTER II 

REGISTRATION ESTABLISHMENT 

3.  Registrar-General, India. 
4.  Chief Registrar. 
5.  Registration divisions. 
6.  District Registrar. 
7.  Registrars. 

CHAPTER III 

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS 

8.  Persons required to register births and deaths. 
9.  Special provisions regarding births and deaths in a plantation. 
10.  Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death. 
11.  Informant to sign the register. 
12.  Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant. 
13.  Delayed registration of births and deaths. 
14.  Registration of name of child. 
15.  Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths. 

CHAPTER IV 

MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND STATISTICS 

16.  Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form. 
17.  Search of births and deaths register 
18.  Inspection of registration offices. 
19.  Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation. 

CHAPTER V 

MISCELLANEOUS 

20.  Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India. 
21.  Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or death. 
22.  Powers to give directions. 
23.  Penalties. 
24.  Power to compound offences. 
25.  Sanction for prosecution. 
26.  Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servants. 
27.  Delegation of powers. 

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SECTIONS 

28.  Protection of action taken in good faith. 
29.  Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 1886. 
30.  Power to make rules. 
31.  Repeal and saving. 
32.  Power to remove difficulty. 

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THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT, 1969 
ACT NO. 18 OF 1969 

[31st May, 1969.] 
An  Act  to  provide  for  the  regulation  of  registration  of  births  and  deaths  and  for  matters 

connected therewith. 
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title,  extent  and commencement.—(1) This  Act  may  be  called the  Registration  of  Births 

and Deaths Act, 1969. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India. 
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in 

the Official Gazette, appoint: 

1. 1st October, 1970, vide notification No. G.S.R. 1718, dated 22nd,  November, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i) 

in the following areas of the State of Jammu and Kashmir:— 

   the area comprised within the jurisdiction of the Police Station of Ramnagar in Udhampur district. 
the area comprised within the jurisdiction of  the Police Station of Kupwara in Baramulla district. 
the area comprised within the limits of the Municipalities of  Jammu and Srinagar. 
the area comprised within the limits of Town Area Committees of Anantnag, Kathua and Leh. 
1st  May, 1974 vide notification No. G.S.R. 379, dated 22-3-1974  in the Union territory of Mizoram. 
1st January, 1971 vide notification No G.S.R. 1927, dated 21-11-1970, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i) in 

the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. 

  1st January, 1971 vide notification No. G.S.R. 2027, dated 24-11-1970, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) in the  Union 

territory of Manipur. 

1st April, 1974, vide notification No. G.S.R. 106, dated 16-1-1971,  see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(i) in the Union territory 

of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.  

1st October, 1971, in the whole of the State of Nagaland vide notification No. G.S.R. 1324, dated 30-8-1971, see Gazette of 

India, Part II, sec. 3(i), dated 11-9-1971. 

1st July, 1972, in the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh vide notification No. G.S.R. 552, dated 11-4-1972, see Gazette of 

India, Part II, sec. 3(i). 

 1st April, 1972, in the whole of State of Tripura vide notification No. G.S.R. 202(E), dated 17-3-1972, see Gazette of India, 

Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i). 

1st  December,  1972  vide  Notification  No.  G.S.R.  463(E),  dated  21-11-1972,  see  Gazette  of  India,  Extraordinary,  Part  II,             

sec. 3(i)  also in the area comprised within the limits of cantonments of Barrackpore, Labong and Jalapahar in the State of 
West Bengal  

1st July, 1970, vide notification No. G.S.R. 973, dated 26th June, 1972, extended to the Union territory of Delhi. 

   1st April, 1970, vide notification No. G.S.R. 514, dated 21st March, 1970, Gazette of India, sec. 3(i), in the areas of the State of 
Assam except:— 

(i) the district of United Khasi & Jaintia Hills excluding the areas comprised within the limits of: 

(a) Municipality of Shillong 
(b) Contonment of Shillong 
(ii) the entire district of Garo Hills 
(iii) the entire district of United Mikir and North Cachar Hills 
(iv) the entire district of Mizo Hills. 

In the State of West Bengal except: 

(i) The area comprised within the limits of Corporation of Calcutta; 
(ii) the area comprised within the limits of Howrah Municipality; 
(iii) Fort Villiam; and 
(iv) the area comprised, within the limits of cantonments of Barrackpore, Labong and Jalapahar. 

1st April, 1970,  vide notification No. G.S.R. 461, dated 7th March, 1970,  see  Gazette of India, sec. 3(i), in the States and the 
Union territories: 

STATES 
8. Mysore 
9. Orissa 

1. Andhra Pradesh   
2. Bihar 
3. Gujrat                                                                  10. Punjab 
4.  Haryana 
5. Kerala  
6. Madhya Pradesh  
7.  Maharashtra 

11. Rajasthan 
12. Tamil Nadu 
13. Uttar Pradesh. 

UNION TERRITORIES. 

1. Chandigarh 
2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 
3. Himachal Pradesh 
4. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands. 

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Provided that different dates may be appointed for different parts of a State.  

2. Definitions and interpretation.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “birth” means live-birth or still-birth; 

(b) “death” means the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live-birth 

has taken place; 

(c)  “foetal  death”  means  absence  of  all  evidence  of  life  prior  to  the  complete  expulsion  or 

extraction from its mother of a product of conception irrespective of the duration of pregnancy; 

(d)  “live-birth”  means  the  complete  expulsion  or  extraction  from  its  mother  of  a  product  of 
conception,  irrespective  of  the  duration  of  pregnancy,  which,  after  such  expulsion  or  extraction, 
breathes or show any other evidence of life, and each product of such birth is considered live-born; 

(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(f) “State Government”, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof; 

(g)  “still-birth”  means  foetal  death  where  a  product  of  conception  has  attained  at  least  the 

prescribed period of gestation. 

(2) Any reference in this Act to any law which is not in force in any area shall, in relation to that area, 

be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.  

CHAPTER II 

REGISTRATION  ESTABLISHMENT 

3.  Registrar-General,  India.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 

Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar-General, India. 

(2) The Central Government may also appoint such other officers with such designations as it thinks 
fit for the purpose of discharging under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar-General, such 
functions  of  the  Registrar-General  under  this  Act  as  he  may,  from  time  to  time,  authorise  them  to 
discharge. 

(3) The Registrar-General may issue general directions regarding registration of births and deaths in 
the  territories  to  which  this  Act  extends,  and  shall  take  steps  to  co-ordinate  and  unify  the  activities  of 
Chief Registrars in the matter of registration of births and deaths and submit to the Central Government 
an annual report on the working of this Act in the said territories. 

4. Chief Registrar.—(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint 

a Chief Registrar for the State. 

(2) The State Government may also appoint such other officers with such designations as it thinks fit 
for the purpose of discharging, under the superintendence and direction of the Chief Registrar, such of his 
functions as he may, from time to time, authorise them to discharge. 

(3) The Chief Registrar shall be the chief executive authority in the State for carrying into execution 
the provisions of this Act and the rules and orders made thereunder subject to the directions, if any, given 
by the State Government. 

(4)  The  Chief  Registrar  shall  take  steps,  by  the  issue  of  suitable  instructions  or  otherwise,  to                 

co-ordinate, unity and supervise the work of registration in the State for securing an efficient system of 
registration and shall prepare and submit to the State Government, in such manner and at such intervals as 
may be prescribed, a report on the working of this Act in the State along with the statistical report to in 
sub-section (2) of section 19. 

5.  Registration  divisions.—The  State  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette, 
divide  the  territory  within  the  State  into  such  registration  divisions  as  it  may  think  fit  and  prescribe 
different rules for different registration divisions.  

6. District Registrar.—(1) The State Government may appoint a District Registrar for each revenue 
district and such number of Additional District Registrars as it thinks fit who shall, subject to the general 
control  and  direction  of  the  District  Registrar,  discharge  such  functions  of  the  District  Registrar  as  the 
District Registrar may, from time to time, authorise them to discharge. 

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(2)  The  District  Registrar  shall  superintend,  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  Chief  Registrar,  the 
registration of births and deaths in the district and shall be responsible for carrying into execution in the 
district the provisions of this Act and the orders of the Chief Registrar issued from time to time for the 
purposes of this Act. 

7. Registrars.—(1) The State Government may appoint a Registrar for each local area comprising the 
area  within  the jurisdiction  of  a  municipality,  panchayat  or  other local  authority  or  any  other  area  or a 
combination of any two or more of them: 

Provided that  the  State  Government  may  appoint  in  the  case  of  a  municipality,  panchayat,  or  other 

local authority, any officer or other employee thereof as a Registrar. 

(2) Every Registrar shall, without fee or reward, enter in the register maintained for the purpose all 
information given to him under section 8 or section 9 and shall also take steps to inform himself carefully 
of  every  birth and  of every  death  which  takes  place in  his jurisdiction and  to  ascertain and register the 
particulars required to be registered. 

(3) Every Registrar shall have an office in the local area for which he is appointed. 

(4) Every Registrar shall attend his office for the purpose of registering births and deaths on such days 
and  at  such  hours  as  the  Chief  Registrar  may  direct  and  shall  cause  to  be  placed  in  some  conspicuous 
place on or near the outer door of the office of the Registrar a board bearing, in the local language, his 
name with the addition of Registrar of Births and Deaths for the local area for which he is appointed, and 
the days and hours of his attendance. 

(5)  The  Registrar  may,  with  the  prior  approval  of  the  Chief  Registrar,  appoint  Sub-Registrars  and 

assign to them any or all of his powers and duties in relation to specified areas within his jurisdiction. 

CHAPTER III 

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS 

8. Persons required to register births and deaths.—(1) It shall be the duty of the persons specified 
below to give or cause to be given, either orally or in writing, according to the best of their knowledge 
and belief, within such time as may be prescribed, information to the Registrar of the several particulars 
required  to  be  entered  in  the  forms  prescribed  by  the  State  Government  under  sub-section  (1)  of             
section 16,— 

(a) in respect of births and deaths in a house, whether residential or non-residential, not being any 
place referred to in clauses (b) to (e) the head of the house or, in case more than one household live in 
the house, the head of the household, the head being the person, who is so recognised by the house or 
the household, and if he is not present in the house at any time during the period within which the 
birth  or  death  has  to  be  reported,  the  nearest  relative  of  the  head  present  in  the  house,  and  in  the 
absence of any such person, the oldest adult male person present therein during the said period; 

(b) in respect of births and deaths in a hospital, health centre, maternity or nursing home or other 

like institution, the medical officer in charge or any person authorised by him in this behalf; 

(c) in respect of births and deaths in a jail, the jailor in charge; 

(d)  in  respect  of  births  and  deaths  in  a  choultry,  chattram,  hostel,  dharmasala,  boarding-house, 

lodging-house, tavern, barrack, toddy shop or place of public resort, the person in charge thereof; 

(e) in respect of any new-born child or dead body found deserted in a public place, the headman 
or other corresponding officer of the village in the case of a village and the officer in charge of the 
local police station elsewhere: 

Provided that any  person who  finds  such  child or dead  body,  or in  whose  charge  such child  or 

dead body may be placed, shall notify such fact to the headman or officer aforesaid; 

(f) in any other place, such person as may be prescribed. 

(2)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-section  (1),  the  State  Government,  having  regard  to 
the conditions obtaining in a registration division, may by order require that for such period as may be 
specified in the order, any person specified by the State Government by designation in this behalf, shall 
give or cause to be given information regarding births and deaths in a house referred to in clause (a) of 
sub-section (1) instead of the persons specified in that clause.  

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9. Special provision regarding births and deaths in a plantation.—In the case of births and deaths 
in  a  plantation, the  superintendent of the  plantation shall  give  or cause to  be  given  to  the  Registrar  the 
information referred to in section 8: 

Provided that the persons referred to in clauses (a) to (f) of sub-section (1) of section 8 shall furnish 

the necessary particulars to the superintendent of the plantation. 

Explanation.—In this section, the expression “plantation” means any land not less than four hectares 
in extent which is being prepared for the production of, or actually produces, tea, coffee, pepper, rubber, 
cardamom, cinchona or such other products as the State Government may, by notification in the Official 
Gazette, specify and the expression “superintendent of the plantation” means the person having the charge 
or supervision of the labourers and work in the plantation, whether called a manager, superintendent or by 
any other name. 

10. Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death.—(1) It shall 

be the duty of— 

(i) the midwife or any other medical or health attendant at a birth or death, 

(ii)  the  keeper  or  the  owner  of  a  place  set  apart  for  the  disposal  of  dead  bodies  or  any  person 

required by a local authority to be present at such place, or 

(iii) any other person whom the State Government may specify in this behalf by his designation,  

to notify every birth or death or both at which he or she attended or was present, or which occurred in 
such  areas  as  may  be  prescribed,  to  the  Registrar  within  such  time  and  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
prescribed. 

(2) In any area, the State Government, having regard to the facilities available therein in this behalf, 
may require that a certificate as to the cause of death shall be obtained by the Registrar from such person 
and in such form as may be prescribed. 

(3) Where the State Government has required under sub-section (2) that a certificate as to the cause of 
death shall be obtained, in the event of the death of any person who, during his last illness, was attended 
by  a  medical  practitioner,  the  medical  practitioner  shall,  after  the  death  of  that  person,  forthwith,  issue 
without charging any fee, to the person required under this Act to give information concerning the death, 
a certificate in the prescribed form stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the cause of death; and 
the  certificate  shall  be  received  and  delivered  by  such  person  to  the  Registrar  at  the  time  of  giving 
information concerning the death as required by this Act.  

11.  Informant  to  sign  the  register.—Every  person  who  has  orally  given  to  the  Registrar  any 
information  required  under  this  Act  shall  write  in  the  register  maintained  in  this  behalf,  his  name, 
description and place of abode, and, if he cannot write, shall put his thumb mark in the register against his 
name, description and place of abode, the particulars being in such a case entered by the Registrar. 

12. Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant.—The Registrar shall, as soon as the 
registration  of  a  birth  or  death  has  been  completed,  give,  free  of  charge,  to  the  person  who  gives 
information under section 8 or section 9 and extract of the prescribed particulars under his hand from the 
register relating to such birth or death. 

13.  Delayed  registration  of  births  and  deaths.—(1)  Any  birth  or  death  of  which  information  is 
given  to  the  Registrar  after  the  expiry  of  the  period  specified  therefor,  but  within  thirty  days  of  its 
occurrence, shall be registered on payment of such late fee as may be prescribed. 

(2)  Any  birth  or  death  of  which  delayed  information  is  given  to  the  Registrar  after  thirty  days  but 
within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only with the written permission of the prescribed 
authority and on payment of the prescribed fee and the production of an affidavit made before a notary 
public or any other officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government. 

(3)  Any  birth  or  death  which  has  not  been  registered  within  one  year  of  its  occurrence,  shall  be 
registered  only  on  an  order  made  by  a  magistrate  of  the  first  class  or  a  Presidency  Magistrate  after 
varifying the correctness of the birth or death and on payment of the prescribed fee. 

(4) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any action that may be taken against a 
person for failure on his part to register any birth or death within the time specified therefor and any such 
birth or death may be registered during the pendency of any such action. 

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14.  Registration  of  name  of  child.—Where  the  birth  of  any  child  has  been  registered  without  a 
name, the parent or guardian of such child shall within the prescribed period give information regarding 
the name of the child to the Registrar either orally or in writing and thereupon the Registrar shall enter 
such name in the register and initial and date the entry. 

15. Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths.—If it is proved to the 
satisfaction of the Registrar that any entry of a birth or death in any register kept by him under this Act is 
erroneous  in  form  or  substance,  or  has  been  fraudulently  or  improperly  made,  he  may,  subject  to  such 
rules  as  may  be  made  by  the  State  Government  with  respect  to  the  conditions  on  which  and  the 
circumstances in which such entries may be corrected or cancelled, correct the error or cancel the entry  
by suitable entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall sign the marginal 
entry and add thereto the date of the correction or cancellation. 

CHAPTER IV 

MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND STATISTICS 

16.  Registrars  to  keep  registers  in  the  prescribed  form.-—(1)  Every  Registrar  shall  keep  in  the 
prescribed form a register of births and deaths for the registration area or any part thereof in relation to 
which he exercises jurisdiction. 

(2) The Chief Registrar shall cause to be printed and supplied a sufficient number of register books 
for  making  entries  of  births  and  deaths  according  to  such  forms  and  instructions  as  may,  from  time  to 
time, be prescribed; and a copy of such forms in the local language shall be posted in some conspicuous 
place on or near the outer door of the office of every Registrar. 

17. Search of births and deaths register.—(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State 

Government, including rules relating to the payment of fees and postal charges, any person may— 

(a) cause a search to be made by the Registrar for any entry in a register of births and deaths; and 

(b) obtain an extract from such register relating to any birth or death: 

Provided  that  no  extract  relating  to  any  death,  issued  to  any  person,  shall  disclose  the  particulars 

regarding the cause of death as entered in the register. 

(2)  All  extracts  given  under  this  section  shall  be  certified  by  the  Registrar  or  any  other  officer 
authorised by the State Government to give such extracts as provided in section 76 of the Indian Evidence 
Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), and shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the birth or death to 
which the entry relates. 

18. Inspection of registration offices.—The registration offices shall be inspected and the registers 
kept therein shall be examined in such manner and by such authority as may be specified by the District 
Registrar. 

19.  Registrars  to  send  periodical  returns  to  the  Chief  Registrar  for  compilation.—(1)  Every 
Registrar shall send to the Chief Registrar or to any officer specified by him, at such intervals and in such 
form as may be prescribed, a return regarding the entries of births and deaths in the register kept by such 
Registrar. 

(2) The  Chief  Registrar shall  cause the  information in  the  returns  furnished  by  the  Registrars to  be 
compiled and shall publish for the information of the public a statistical report on the registered births and 
deaths during the year at such intervals and in such form as may be prescribed. 

CHAPTER V 

MISCELLANEOUS 

20. Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India.—(1) The 
Registrar-General shall, subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, 
cause to be registered information as to births and deaths of citizens of India outside India received by 
him  under  the  rules  relating  to  the  registration  of  such  citizens  at  Indian  Consulates  made  under  the 
Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), and every such registration shall also be deemed to have been duly 
made under this Act. 

(2) In the case of any child born outside India in respect of whom information has not been received 
as provided in sub-section (1), if the parents of the child return to India with a view to settling therein, 

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they may, at any time within sixty days from the date of the arrival of the child in India, get the birth of 
the child registered under this Act in the same manner as if the child was born in India and the provisions 
of section 13 shall apply to the birth of such child after the expiry of the period of sixty days aforesaid. 

21. Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or death.—The Registrar may either 
orally  or  in  writing  require  any  person  to  furnish  any  information  within  his  knowledge  in  connection 
with a birth or death in the locality within which such person resides and that person shall be bound to 
comply with such requisition. 

22.  Powers  to  give  directions.—The  Central  Government  may  give  such  directions  to  any  State 
Government as may appear to be necessary for carrying into execution in the State any of the provisions 
of this Act or of any rule or order made thereunder. 

23. Penalties.—(1) Any person who— 

(a) fails without reasonable cause to give any information which it is his duty to give under any of 

the provisions of sections 8 and 9; or 

(b)  gives  or  causes  to  be  given,  for  the  purpose  of  being  inserted  in  any  register  of  births  and 
deaths,  any  information  which  he  knows  or  believes  to  be  false  regarding  any  of  the  particulars 
required to be known and registered; or 

(c)  refuses  to  write  his  name,  description  and  place  of  abode  or  to  put  his  thumb  mark  in  the 

register as required by section 11,  

shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. 

(2) Any Registrar or Sub-Registrar who neglects or refuses, without reasonable cause, to register any 
birth  or  death  occurring  in  his  jurisdiction  or  to  submit  any  returns  as  required  by  sub-section  (1)  of 
section 19 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees. 

(3)  Any  medical  practitioner  who  neglects  or  refuses  to  issue  a  certificate  under  sub-section  (3)  of 
section 10 and any person who neglects or refuses to deliver such certificate shall be punishable with fine 
which may extend to fifty rupees. 

(4)  Any  person  who,  without  reasonable  cause,  contravenes  any  provision  of  this  Act  for  the 
contravention of which no penalty is provided for in this section shall be punishable with fine which may 
extend to ten rupees. 

(5)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure,  1898  (5  of  1898),  an 

offence under this section shall be tried summarily by a magistrate. 

24. Power to compound offences.—(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, any officer 
authorised by the Chief Registrar by a general or special order in this behalf may, either before or after the 
institution  of  criminal  proceedings  under  this  Act,  accept  from  the  person  who  has  committed  or  is 
reasonably  suspected  of  having  committed  an  offence  under  this  Act,  by  way  of  composition  of  such 
offence a sum of money not exceeding fifty rupees. 

(2)  On  the  payment  of  such  sum  of  money,  such  person  shall  be  discharged  and  no  further 

proceedings shall be taken against him in respect of such offence. 

25.  Sanction  for  prosecution.—No  prosecution  for  an  offence  punishable  under  this  Act  shall  be 
instituted except by an officer authorised by the Chief Registrar by general or special order in this behalf. 

26.  Registrars  and  Sub-Registrars  to  be  deemed  public  servants.—All  Registrars  and                     

Sub-Registrars shall, while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or any 
rule or order made thereunder, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the 
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).  

27.  Delegation  of  powers.—The  State  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette, 
direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act (except the power to make rules under section 30) or 
the rules made thereunder shall, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the direction, be 
exercisable, also by such officer or authority subordinate to the State Government as may be specified in 
the direction. 

28.  Protection  of  action  taken  in  good  faith.—(1)  No  suit,  prosecution  or  other  legal  proceeding 
shall  lie  against  the  Government,  the  Registrar-General,  any  Registrar,  or  any  person  exercising  any 
power or performing any duty under this Act for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be 
done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder. 

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(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government for any damage caused or likely 
to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance, of this Act or 
any rule or order made thereunder. 

29. Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 1886.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be in 

derogation of the provisions of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886. 

30.  Power  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  State  Government  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Central 

Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, such rules may 

provide for— 

(a) the forms of registers of births and deaths required to be kept under this Act; 

(b) the period within which and the form and the manner in which information should be given to 

the registrar under section 8; 

(c)  the  period  within  which  and  the  manner  in  which  births  and  deaths  shall  be  notified  under                 

sub-section (1) of section 10; 

(d)  the  person  from  whom  and  the  form  in  which  a  certificate  as  to  cause  of  death  shall  be 

obtained;  

(e) the particulars of which extract may be given under section 12; 

(f)  the  authority  which  may  grant  permission  for  registration  of  a  birth  or  death  under                       

sub-section (2) of section 13;  

(g) the fees payable for registration made under section 13; 

(h) the submission of reports by the Chief Registrar under sub-section (4) of section 4; 

(i) the search of birth and death registers and the fees payable for such search and for the grant of 

extracts from the registers; 

(j)  the  forms  in  which  and  the  intervals  at  which  the  returns  and  the  statistical  report  under     

section 19 shall be furnished and published; 

(k) the custody, production and transfer of the registers and other records kept by Registrars; 

(l) the correction of errors and the cancellation of entries in the register of births and deaths; 

(m) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed. 

1[(3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State 

Legislature.] 

31. Repeal and saving.—(1) Subject to the provisions of section 29, as from the coming into force of 
this Act in any State or part thereof, so much of any law in force therein as relates to the matters covered 
by this Act shall stand repealed in such State or part, as the case may be. 

(2)  Notwithstanding  such  repeal,  anything  done  or  any  action  taken  (including  any  instruction  or 
direction issued, any regulation or rule or order made) under any such law shall, in so far as such thing or 
action is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done or taken under the 
provisions  aforesaid, as if they  were in force  when  such  thing  was  done  or  such  action  was taken,  and 
shall continue in force accordingly until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. 

32. Power to remove difficulty.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect in a State to the provisions 
of this Act in their application to any area, the State Government may, with the approval of the Central 
Government, by order make such provisions or give such directions not inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act as appears to the State Government to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:  

Provided  that  no  order  shall  be  made  under  this  section  in  relation  to  any  area  in  a  State  after  the 

expiration of two years from the date on which this Act comes into force in that area.  

1. Ins. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and  the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-5-1986). 
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